Ordu University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
GTAR2172014144	HISTORY OF CAUCASUS	Elective	2	3	3

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle

Objectives of the Course

This course analyses political social, cultural, economical and ethnic structure historical and contemporary developments .

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Emre KILIÇASLAN

Learning Outcomes

1	Mezunlar eleştirel düşünceyi yapıcı bir şekilde ifade etme, öncelik kullanma ve kendi görüşünü ortaya koyma becerisine sahip olurlar.
2	Mezunlar, analiz ve sentez yapabilirler.
3	Mezunlar, tarih ve tarih araştırmalarının problemlerini tanımlayabilir ve anlatabilirler.
4	Mezunlar, bu disiplini/disiplin kısmını profesyonel olarak eğitim-öğretim kuruluşlarında öğretebilirler.
5	Mezunlar, bu alana/disipline ilişkin yeterli bilgiye sahip olur, bunları kavrarlar.
6	Graduates to thoughts in a critical and positive way, ability to use iniative and express his/her own opinion about the subject.
7	Graduates to to analyze and synthesize.
8	Graduates to define and express the problems of history and historical researches.
9	Graduates to teach the gains of the disciplineas a professiion in educational institutions.
10	Knowledge of sufficient information about the field; ability to comprehend the knowledge.

Mode of Delivery

Evening Education

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Geographical and geopolitical position of Caucasia, Ethnic structure and historical development, Caucasus policy of the Ottoman Empire, The relations of South Caucasus Respublics relations, The Karabakh War, Reasons for ethnic and regional conflicts in Caucasus.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Geographical and geopolitical position of Caucasia
2	Ethnic structure and historical development
3	Caucasus policy of the Ottoman Empire
4	Murid Movement
5	Gulistan and Turkmanchay Treaty
6	World War I and Caucasus
7	World War II and Caucasus
8	The relations of South Caucasus Respublics relations
9	Midterm
10	The Karabakh War
11	The role of the EU, US and Turkey in the Caucasus
12	The Caucasus policies of Russia and Iran
13	Reasons for ethnic and regional conflicts in Caucasus
14	Azerbaijan oil adventure from 19th centur to 21th centuries
15	Pipeline and energy resource transportation in Caucasia
16	Final

Recommended or Required Reading

Cemal Gökçe, Kafkasya ve Osmanlı İmparatotluğunun Kafkasya Siyaseti, İstanbul 1979. İsmail Berkok, Tarihte Kafkasya, İstanbul 1958. Kafkas Dosyası, Tarih Tabiat Vakfı TATAV Yayınları, İstanbul 2006. Kafkasya, ed. Okan Yeşilot, Kaknüs Yayınları, İstanbul 2005. Ömer Göksel İşyar, Sovyet-Rus Dış Politikaları ve Karabağ Sorunu, Alfa Yayınları, İstanbul 2005.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
SUM		0
Yarıyıl (Yıl) İçi Etkinlikleri		40
Yarıyıl (Yıl) Sonu Etkinlikleri		60
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Discussion	14	4	56
Question-Answer	5	2	10
Individual Study for Mid term Examination	5	2	10
Individual Study for Final Examination	5	2	10
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			90

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PO 1	PO 2	PO 3	PO 4	PO 5	PO 6	PO 7
LO1	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO7	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO8	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO9	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
LO10	4	4	4	4	4	4	4

* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High